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Playlist 567 - Oct 2025: winter time

we're all round the world in this mix osaka to glasgow, berlin to surabaya, tyrone to helsinki to new orleans enjoy x Playlist 1. Brian Bilston & The Catenary Wires – Might have, might not have (Skep Wax) ( playing Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Nov 24 ) 2. Damian O’Neill – Inside out (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 3. Joasihno – Crackleboom (Alien Transistor) 4. Madi Diaz – Why’d you have to bring me flowers (Anti) 5. Emma Pollock – Rapid rush of red (Chemikal Underground) ( playing Oran Mor, Glasgow, Oct 29 ) 6. The Alien Dub Ensemble – Pundit dub (Alien Transistor) 7. Eera – Celebrate (Test Card Recordings) 8. Geckos – Lo hice (ORG Music/PIAPTK Recordings) 9. Mark McCausland feat Pieta Brown & John Parish – Sweet Thursday (Delatasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin ) 10. Barry Walker Jr feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon – Quiessence (Thrill Jockey) 11. Prolapse – Swearing for decoration (Tapete Records) ( play...

Playlist 566 - Sept 2025: goodbye to summer

the search for new sounds does not have to be a treadmill enjoy x Playlist 1. CV Vision – R.T.B. (Bureau B) 2. Prolapse – The fall of cashline (Tapete Records) 3. claire rousay – somewhat burdensome (Thrill Jockey) 4. The Saxophones – Too big for California (Full Time Hobby) 5. Joasihno – Characo orb. (Alien Transistor) 6. Anushka Chkheidze + Robert Lippok – Rainbow road (Morr Music) 7. Kathryn Williams – Goodbye to summer (One Little Independent) ( playing The Folk House, Bristol, Oct 31 ) 8. Cian Nugent – I am asleep and do not wake me (Tompkins Square) (Imaginational Anthem XIV) 9. Ailbhe Reddy – Align (Don Giovanni Records) 10. Stereolab – Aerial Troubles (Duophonic/Warp) ( playing Cyprus Avenue, Cork, Feb 19 ) 11. Linda Smith – So long ago (Upset The Rhythm) 12. Cardiacs – Downup (The Alphabet Business Concern) 13. Me Lost Me – Ancient summer (Upset The Rhythm) 14. Chantal Acda – Hit the verge (Starman Records) 15. Clock DVA – Consent (Mute) 16. EERA...

Playlist 565 - Aug 2025: after the solstice

the dub is the genius alien dub orchestra loads of brass love it x Playlist 1. Donna Regina – Nothing heavy (Karaoke Kalk) 2. Stella & The Dreaming – In another life (bandcamp) ( playing Coughlans, Cork, Sept 26, w/ Ana Palindrome ) 3. Emma Pollock – Prize Hunter (Chemikal Underground) 4. Thee Marloes – I’d be lost (Big Crown Records) 5. Sam Prekop – Light shadow (Thrill Jockey) 6. Kathryn Williams – Tender (One Little Independent) ( playing St Pancras Old Church, London, Oct 24 ) 7. Julie Odell – Orioles eating oranges (Frenchkiss Records) 8. The Cords – Fabulist (Skep Wax) ( playing Mono, Glasgow, Oct 5 ) 9. EERA – I’ll stop when I’m done (Test Card Recordings) 10. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Bike rack (Alien Transistor) 11. AVR – Renaissance (Holywood) ( playing The George, London, Oct 15 ) 12. Mark McCausland – We’ll be just fine (Deltasonic Records) (from the soundtrack of the film The Spin ) 13. Cormac O Caoimh – The heart of the human race (bandca...

Playlist 564 - 2025 Mid Year Review

middle of the year but not middle of the road a compilation of my favourite tunes of the year so far enjoy people x Playlist 1. Pierre Bastien & Michel Banabila – Closing time: The party is over (Pingipung) 2. Men I Trust – Heavenly flow (bandcamp) 3. Stereolab – Melodie is a wound (Duophonic/Warp) 4. Water Machine – River (Fat Cat Records) 5. Bella Wakame – Shades of Nambei (Umor-Rex) 6. Lightheaded – Same drop (Slumberland Records/Skep Wax) 7. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love) 8. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop Records) 9. Cloth – Pink silence (Rock Action) 10. Albertine Sarges – Stand near your fire (Moshi Moshi) 11. M(h)aol – Pursuit (Tulle) 12. The Chills – Dolphins (Fire Records) 13. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records) 14. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby) 15. Oh No Noh – Dog years (Teleskop) 16. Adrian Crowley – Brother was a runaway (Valley of Eyes Records) 17. Derya Yildi...

Playlist 563 - July 2025: feel flows

some summery tunes for your heatdome go well brian x (pic far out magazine) Playlist 1. Ensemble – Proposal 1 (Fat Cat Records) 2. Emil Friis – For goodbyes (Fat Cat Records) 3. Studio Electrophonique – David and Jayne (Valley of Eyes Records) 4. Heavenly – Portland Town (Skep Wax) 5. The Alien Dub Orchestra – Vine and fig tree (Alien Transistor) 6. Astral Bakers – Vertical life (Sage Records) 7. Ways of Seeing – USA 94 (bandcamp) 8. Lightheaded – The garden (Slumberland/Skep Wax) 9. Jeanines – Coaxed a storm (Slumberland/Skep Wax) 10. The Beach Boys – Feel flow (Brother Records) 11. The Beach Boys – Til I die (Brother Records) 12. Bea Elmy Martin – Born to fly (Indigo Kin) 13. Half Japanese – Step on up (Fire Records) 14. Guerilla Toss – Red flag to angry bull (Sub Pop Records) 15. Cory Hanson – Lou Reed (Drag City) 16. Ty Segall – Buildings (Drag City) 17. Sebastian Reynolds & Myles Cochran feat. Kelly Michaeli – IYCSM (Pindrop) 18. Later Youth...

Playlist 562 - May 2025 Part 2: lemonade sunset

more storming tunes in this early summer avalanche stick it to the man x Playlist 1. Sally Anne Morgan – I saw a heron (Thrill Jockey) 2. Andrew Pekler – Cumbia para los grillos (Faitiche) 3. Bella Wakame – Manga bois (Umor-Rex) 4. HAAi feat. KAM-BU – Shapeshift (Mute) ( playing Primavera Sound, Porto, June 15 ) 5. Stereolab – Meoldie is a wound (Warp Records) ( playing Paradiso, Amsterdam, May 31 ) 6. Astral Bakers – Dog in a manger (Sage Music) 7. Classic Trucks – Oil (Breakfast Records) 8. Guerilla Toss – Psychosis is just a number (Sub Pop) 9. Cory Hanson – Bird on a swing (Drag City) 10. Robert Forster – All of the time (Tapete) ( playing National Concert Hall, Dublin, Oct 15 ) 11. TAMIW feat. Soaota – We are not friends (Niwer Records) 12. Surprise Chef – Consulate case (Big Crown Records) 13. Death & Vanilla – Nightmares (Fire Records) 14. Jamie Lidell – The center (Todo) 15. Elaine Howley – Hold me in a new way (Modern Love) ( playing Sounds fro...

Playlist 561 - May 2025 Part 1: pink silence

enjoy the (pink) silence x Playlist 1. Keeley Forsyth & Matthew Bourne – Talk to me (Fat Cat Records) 2. North Sea Radio Orchestra – All Alice like (Believer’s Roast) 3. Deradoorian – Set me free (Fire Records) 4. Le Volume Courbe – Two-love (Duophonic Super 45s) 5. Robin Kester – Happy sad (It’s a party) (Memphis Industries) 6. Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek – Cool hand (Big Crown Records) 7. Echolalia – Little bird (Full Time Hobby) 8. Cormac O Caoimh – You help (bandcamp) (playing Coughlans, Cork, Aug 24) 9. Eera – Forget her (Test Card Recordings) (playing The Lexington, London, Oct 14) 10. Lucy Gooch – Clouds (Fire Records) 11. Lael Neale – Tell me how to be here (Sub Pop) (playing The Hug & Pint, Glasgow, May 31) 12. Louis Philippe & the Night Mail – The road to somewhere (Tapete) 13. Sufjan Stevens – Mystery of love (demo) (Asthmatic Kitty) 14. Richard Hawley – Coles Corner (acoustic) (BMG) 15. Junk Drawer – Nids Niteca (Pizza Pizza Record...